Santa Fe EMD GP7R 2281, B36-7 7489 and C30-7 8141.

A group of Santa Fe SD26's on the deadline at Barstow, California on December 27, 1985.

Still during our Route 66 trip, a quick look at Barstow Yard. First time seeing it. Impressive!

Still during our Route 66 trip, we stopped at the Western America Railroad Museum where this piece of equipment sits quietly. It sure does look like it could use a shampoo!

Departing BNSF Railway’s Barstow Yard is train H-BARTUL9-13, a High Priority Merchandise train heading from Barstow CA to Tulsa OK. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4978, Dash 9-44CW 4487 and ES44AC 5935 will ... (more)

Departing Barstow, California, BNSF Railway train H-BARGAL1-13 begins accelerating as it gets underway hauling High Priority Merchandise from Barstow CA to Galesburg IL. BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 4866 an... (more)

On a clear winter afternoon in Barstow, CA, BNSF 533 East crosses a concrete bridge over the Mojave River.

What has to be the largest passenger train to call on Barstow in many years, UP 4014's train of 23 business cars from the Union Pacific fleet stretches far beyond the last revenue platform here as... (more)

A Steam Excursion Veteran Watches From the Side. As UP 4014's Rail Giants Train Museum excursion basks in the morning light at the original ATSF Barstow station, the back half of its train ... (more)

A Big Boy Pointing at Tehachapi. UP 4014 will likely be the first and last "Big Boy" steam locomotive to ever find itself on BNSF's Mojave Subdivision - the tracks that deposit BN... (more)

BNSF 559 working a trim set at Barstow. Note how the plow has been removed for yard service.

At BNSF Railway’s yard in Barstow, California, are strings of excess locomotives. The string seen in this photo is about half of the locomotives in storage, many of them being placed there in t... (more)

The Big Boy charges hard out of Barstow, CA as on lookers take in the sight of the this massive machine pulling a 25 car passenger special back to West Colton, Oct. 13, 2019.

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 at Barstow, California, on October 12, 2019.

BNSF Railway train Q-CHISTO6-09 makes its way to the refueling racks in the railroad’s Barstow Yard on October 12, 2019. This intermodal train originated in Chicago IL and is headed to Stockton... (more)